If the WB television network made movies in Israel, Broken Wings is what we'd get.
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05/28/04
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Broken Wings (2004)
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Reviews Counted:66
Fresh:61
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: An accurate and compassionate rendering of an ordinary family in crisis.
Theatrical Release:Mar 12, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: The winner of nine prizes at the Israeli Academy Awards and a hit in its home country, the award-winning BROKEN WINGS is the extraordinarily moving story of the life and loves of the Ullman family,... [More]
Starring: Orly Zilberschatz-Banai, Maya Maron, Eliana Magon, Nitai Gvirtz
Director: Nir Bergman
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Reviews for Broken Wings
...reminiscent, in its gritty and sometimes unrelievedly grim aspect, of some of British director Mike Leigh's social naturalism
01/08/05
It's not until the film is over that we fully appreciate the originality of an Israeli film that focuses completely on the family crisis while leaving politics behind altogether.
05/02/04
Approaching the family's unremarkable life with careful delicacy, Bergman extracts marvellous performances from his cast.
06/01/03
This intimate, warmly made family portrait always feels true.
03/19/04
Top CriticMaya is its main character, and Maron has a comfortable, sympathetic screen presence.
03/24/04
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03/21/04
A wise and sensitive piece of filmmaking that heralds the arrival of a major new talent.
01/18/04
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05/25/03
Broken Wings is not a great film. But it's a good, solid one that should connect with intelligent audiences as strongly here as it did abroad.
04/01/04
Top CriticHeartfelt acting and a sometimes tragic but ultimately life-affirming story make this an unusually touching Israeli production.
03/11/04
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06/05/04
'The characters are so ordinary and identifiable helping to make it a more universal approach to the way human beings deal with tragedy'
05/11/04
Bleakness without relief.
03/08/04
Celebrates the binding sinew of family connection and the power of a mother's love.
03/11/04
Broken Wings tells the kind of story that only a cinematic neophyte would find novel. But it tells that story with such emotional nuance, and with such fine performances, that it somehow feels fresh.
04/15/04
Top CriticThis is a movie with four children at hand, but its views of ambiguity and human complexity are distinctly grown-up.
04/16/04
While there's nothing ordinary about Bergman's accomplished family story, the line resonates with the director's own philosophy.
04/09/04
Bergman's eloquent achievement lies less in his story's details than in his script's emotional honesty, which speaks to how an ordinary family would deal with such struggles.
03/11/04
It’s the best family portrait since Yi Yi.
07/28/04
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